The Long Way Home: An American Journey from Ellis Island to the Great War (P.S.)

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出版社: HarperCollins US
2011-03
ISBN: 9780061233340
定价: 134.40
装帧: 平装
开本: 其他
纸张: 其他
页数: 448页
正文语种: 英语
丛书: P.S.
  • InTheLongWayHome,award-winningwriterDavidLaskintracesthelivesofadozenmenwholefttheirchildhoodhomesinEurope,journeyedthroughEllisIsland,andstartedoverinastrangeland?onlytocrosstheAtlanticagaininuniformwhentheiradoptedcountryenteredtheGreatWar.
    ThoughtheyhadknownlittleofAmericaoutsideoftight-knitghettosandbackbreakinglabor,theseforeign-bornconscriptswererapidlytransformedintosoldiers,Americansoldiers,intheordealofwar.TwoofthemeninthisbookwontheMedalofHonor.Threediedincombat.Thosewhosurvivedwereprofoundlyaltered?andtheirheroicservicereshapedtheirfamiliesandultimatelythenationitself.
    Epic,inspiring,andmasterfullywritten,thisbookisanunforgettabletruestoryoftheGreatWar,theworlditremade,andthehumble,loyalmenwhobecameAmericansbyfightingforAmerica.

    DannionBrinkleyistheauthoroftheNewYorkTimesandinternationalbestsellersSavedbytheLightandAtPeaceintheLight.Hisbooks,tours,andlectures,withhiswife,Kathryn,havetransformedtheconsciousnessofpeopleacrosstheworld.Theirnonprofitorganization,TheTwilightBrigade/CompassioninAction,trainsvolunteerstobeatthebedsideofournation'sveterans.ItwasnominatedfortheHeartofHospiceawardin2008.DannionandKathrynsharetheirliveswithsixchildrenbetweentheirhomesinNevadaandSouthCarolina.
  • 内容简介:
    InTheLongWayHome,award-winningwriterDavidLaskintracesthelivesofadozenmenwholefttheirchildhoodhomesinEurope,journeyedthroughEllisIsland,andstartedoverinastrangeland?onlytocrosstheAtlanticagaininuniformwhentheiradoptedcountryenteredtheGreatWar.
    ThoughtheyhadknownlittleofAmericaoutsideoftight-knitghettosandbackbreakinglabor,theseforeign-bornconscriptswererapidlytransformedintosoldiers,Americansoldiers,intheordealofwar.TwoofthemeninthisbookwontheMedalofHonor.Threediedincombat.Thosewhosurvivedwereprofoundlyaltered?andtheirheroicservicereshapedtheirfamiliesandultimatelythenationitself.
    Epic,inspiring,andmasterfullywritten,thisbookisanunforgettabletruestoryoftheGreatWar,theworlditremade,andthehumble,loyalmenwhobecameAmericansbyfightingforAmerica.

  • 作者简介:
    DannionBrinkleyistheauthoroftheNewYorkTimesandinternationalbestsellersSavedbytheLightandAtPeaceintheLight.Hisbooks,tours,andlectures,withhiswife,Kathryn,havetransformedtheconsciousnessofpeopleacrosstheworld.Theirnonprofitorganization,TheTwilightBrigade/CompassioninAction,trainsvolunteerstobeatthebedsideofournation'sveterans.ItwasnominatedfortheHeartofHospiceawardin2008.DannionandKathrynsharetheirliveswithsixchildrenbetweentheirhomesinNevadaandSouthCarolina.
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